Shoestring or corset-string eyelet-tie



(No Model.)

. E. A JORDAN. SHOESTRING 0R CORSET STRING EYELET TIE.

' No. 548,208. Patented 088.22, 1895.

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NITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

EDWARD A. JORDAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOESTRING OR CORSET-STRING EYELET -TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,208, dated-October22, 1895.

Application filed January 22,1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinShoestring or Corset-String Eyelet-Ties; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in shoestring or corset-stringeyelet-ties; and the objects of my invention are to securely fasten theends of shoestrings or corset-strings without tying their ends in knots,and thereby prevent the ends of the strings from slipping orbecomingloosened 0r untied. I attain these objects by the constructionsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a topplan view of the eyelet-tie. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, lookingfrom the toe of the shoe. Fig. 3 is an end view of the eyelet-tie seenfrom the left side of the shoe, and Fig. 4 is perspective view of theshoe and the eyelet-tie securely fastened into the same. Fig. 5 is a topplan View of another form of my device, showing the ends of thelacing-cords fastened therein and Fig. 6 is an end view of the same seenfrom either side of the shoe. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of still anotherform of my eyelet-tie; and Fig. 8 is an end View of the same seen fromthe side of the shoe before securely fastened therein.

The letter a in Figs. 2 and 3 refers to the eyelet-body, which issecurely fastened by means of an ordinary punch used in clinching orriveting eyelets in the uppermost lacing-hole of a shoe or in thelowermost or last lacing-hole of corsets.

b refers to the body-ring, located upon'the top of the eyelet-body a,and o is the top ring of the eyelet-tie. The two rings 6 c are connectedtogether at the inner ends thereof by the connecting-strip cl. The saidconnecting-piece d is slotted longitudinally, and the slot opens intoand forms a continuous slot or opening, with the perforation in the topring 0, through which latter perforation the projection upon one jaw ofthe punch enters. In order to clinch or rivet the lower portion of theeyelet-body a upon the inner Serial No. 535,780. (No model.)

surface of the upper around the perforation made therein, the outersurface of the upper round the hole is pressed firmly against the lowersurface of the body-ring b by the punch or riveting-machine, and it issecurely held thereto.

6 6 refer to the two biting edges of the two rings 1) c, and f fare thetwo more widelyseparated or open edges of the two rings 19 c. As shownupon the drawings, the two sides of the top ring are bent out of line.In other words, one side of the top ring 0 (the upper side when fastenedinto the shoe) is located near to the top surface or edge of the bodyring I) than it is on its opposite or lower side. This particularconstruction is for the purpose of permitting the end of the string inits turn around the slotted connecting-strip d between the two rings 1)c to pass freely between the two open edges ff and to be clamped orsqueezed between the two biting edges e e of the said rings. The saidconnecting-strip (1 projects inward when secured to the shoe over theeyelet-body a and at about right angles thereto. This feature ofconstruction allows not only the ends of the strings or cords to crowd alower portion of the cord below against the upper surface of the slottedstrip d, but increases the friction between the ends of the string orcord at the point where they cross, the lower portion thereof therebypreventing the liability of unloosening or slacking the same. The endsof the strings are passed upward through the eyelet-body, over the uppersurface ofconuecting-strip (1, across to the opposite sides of theupper, between the open edges of the two rings, around theupward-projecting portion of connecting-strip d, and finally secured andfirmly held between the two biting edges e e of the rings 17 c.

In fastening the ends of the string when the construction illustrated inFigs. 5 and 6 is used the cord is passed upward through the holloweyelet-body a and then downward through the narrow slot in top ring 0and connecting-strip d, and thereby securely held,

the two biting edges 6 e of the ring a and the disk 0 Having fullydescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, 1s

1. An eyelet-tie, consisting of the tubular eyelet body, two rings, eachhaving biting or clamping edges, and a connecting strip, uniting the tworings, substantially as described.

2. An eyelet-tie, provided with a tubular eyelet body, two rings, aconnecting-stri p projecting inwardly and at right angles to the eyeletbody, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

3. An eyelet-tie consisting of a tubular eyelet body, two clalnpingrings, one of which having one of its edges thereof bent out of linewith its opposite edge, whereby a biting or clamping jaw is formed,substantially as described.

4. An eyelet-tie having an eyelet body, two rings provided withbitingedges upon one side, a slotted connecting strip, uniting the said eyeletbody and two rings together, the edge of one of said rings bent out ofline of said opposite edge, substantially as for the purpose described.

5. An eyelet-tie consisting of two rings, ahollow body portion,a'vertically slotted connecting strip uniting the said two rings, andhollow body portion, one of said rings bent out of line upon one sidethereof with the edge on the opposite side, a vertically slottedconnecting-strip projecting inwardly from, at right angles to, andbeyond the vertical axis of the eyelet body, substantially as and forthe purpose herein described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. JORDAN. \Vitnesses:

JOHN RODGERS, ALBERT O. ALEXANDER.

